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Did you flush the green ink path? The ink tube holds a lot of ink and the new green ink in your cart might not have moved down to the print-head yet, especially if you use as little of green ink as I did (albeit in a pro-9500, not an ipf-6300). If some of your inks are sitting unused in their...

@lesvisible YES! I'll be (more) emphatic. Don't get the Pro 100. Get the Pro 10. Your end users need the durability of good quality pigment inks. Not just fade resistance, but also coffee/beer/tear resistance, abrasion resistance, and smudge resistance. The pro-10 carts are easier to fill...

Hi, Les, I'm a bit confused here (as usual ...) Are you really going to use cd sleeves to print on or are you perhaps going to use transparent cd 'jewel' cases with printed cardboard inserts? Whatever media you choose to print on, it needs to be inkjet compatible, otherwise the ink may...

Did you try replacing the dampers on your R3000s? They contain filters which are easily clogged. I urge you to get a better handle on why your R3000s both failed. (besides, they may not be as dead as you think.)

Canon and Epson can't stop you from doing a web search on uv stabilizer and uv inhibitor. They can't keep you from understanding uv degradation. This problem exists everywhere that polymers (including but certainly not limited to inkjet inks) are exposed to sunlight. Some things to note Oxygen...

IMHO, the best answer for most customers is to buy a brand new part with warranty and installation instructions from an authorized Canon parts reseller. If the parts droid on the phone doesn't ask for both printer model and serial number, consider trying another parts droid or risk getting the...

Too risky for my taste. Just my opinion, though.

Your printer may be having trouble re-priming the print head after you refilled the carts. This might be caused by air leaking past a dirty capping station or the corresponding print head mating surface. Try cleaning the capping station.

I would guess that the printer is tripping the PSU's overcurrent protection when the printer is warmed up. Something in the printer is drawing more current than it should when it is warmed up but not so much that it triggers the PSU's short circuit protection. But the power-on inrush current...

Is it possible that your electric power at the outlet less than completely stable? Was the air conditioner and/or oven running while the printer was active? Is the printer on its own circuit or are their other current draws? It might be a good idea to have the printer on its own surge protector...

First, how many images per album? I would expect 50 to 100 or more. That's 10,000 or more images! How many years are you going to spend at this? How many printers are you going to use up in the process? (I'm not trying to discourage you. I'm just pointing out some unpleasant complications caused...

Sorry, but I wouldn't recommend either technique. Neither technique puts the cleaning solvent in direct contact with the clogs. Both techniques introduce potentially harmful solvents into the ink path, potentially damaging internal seals and promoting corrosion. Store bought cleaning carts and...

The best cleaning tool that you (hopefully) have is patience. As TheHat said, let it sit overnight. Repeat the treatment once daily for a week. Remember that it took months or even years to build up the clogs. It may take weeks to bust them. As far as what the techs told you, if the head is...

Please check out some capping station (pump cap) cleaning videos from inkjetmall or others on youtube, if you haven't already done so. I've forgotten most of what little I knew about Epson printers, so I can't recall exactly trying to remove/replace the printhead on one without a mess of...

This could be a purge unit issue, The cap gasket that seals against the printhead could be dirty or defective. Or the mechanism that presses the cap against the printhead could be too gunked up to press firmly enough to seal. (The gunk tends to be dried ink plus paper dust.)

I ordered a kit that has the proper size needle, etc to reprime the ink tubes and printheads. Search for "HP 10 11 38 81 83 88 90 91 940 Printhead & Cartridge Recovery Priming Kit" Be careful to use the correct size needle (thus the kit). Too large a needle will damage the ports on the ends...

First, let me apologize for the rude comments from some of my fellow forum members. They mostly mean well. The gaskets and seals in the ink path will dry out and age prematurely without a sufficient amount of glycol or glycerol in the storage fluid. That's a show stopper for me. Don't dismiss...

@vienna01 Get a junker printer to practice your mistakes on. Also practice your macro photography by recording each step you take with emphasis on reassembly. The picture you provided is part of the purge unit sometimes called the capping station. The lips surrounding the sponges are part of...

NO!!!!! You've misrepresented my posts, seemingly for the sake of 'winning' a non-argument! I have not suggested that the OP's purge pump is clogged! I have only suggested that the OP check and potentially clean the cap gaskets responsible for sealing the printhead against the purge unit! THIS...

No, I'm NOT forgetting. I'm remembering all too well ... The printer will detect that the printhead was removed and will ATTEMPT to prime the printhead automatically. If the printer were in new condition and the printhead itself were new and filled with their storage fluid, I would expect this...